> From: Stephen Hemminger [mailto:shemminger@xxxxxxxx] > > Yes, that is what multicast is. Then what is broadcast? Multicast should only forward frames to ports that belong to the multicast groups that frame is designated for. In most networks replacing multicast with broadcast doesn't present a problem, but when bandwidth of ports is rather modest (say 10 Mb/s) and you expect video streams (5 Mb/s) to be distributed via multicast, the topic suddenly becomes rather important. Did anyone already have to deal with this? If not, I think it's time bridge got a proper multicast implementation as well. Rgds, Tomo
